Hi, my cat is the same exactly!! I have heard cats do this who have
hypertension. However my cat doesn't. He's always been vocal, very
much!! But since his brother died he also wont let me out of his site.
I cuddle him as much as possible. When he screams I just reassure him
I'm there. And try to wean him off me. I try to ignore him a little
when I know he just wants too much attention. You don't want to make
him feel abandoned but just like a baby you can't let him always get
his way. Once he finds that screaming works he'll do it all the time.
Just give him space, pretend you're not interested and don't babyhim,
Just comfort him when necessary.
Good luck,
JQ

HOWEDY LauraM,

No, your kitty Hobbes has always been HYPERACTIVE and INSECURE.

He's got OCD just like your other DEAD kat.

He's GRIEVING your other DEAD KAT, LauraM.

He's getting worse because you VARIABLY REINFORCE
his OCD behaviors by alternately ignoring scolding
and then physically comforting him.

He NEEDS you to TALK TO HIM about his DEAD PAL.

BECAUSE HE'S INSECURE because you coddle him
when YOU FEEL LIKE IT and PUNISH and SCOLD him
when you don't want to be BOTHERED by him.

That your kats have had VERY LONG CASE HISTORIES of
OCD insecurity behavior problems and STRESS INDUCED
AUTO-IMMUNE DIS-EASES which DID NOT BOTHER YOU till
they DROPPED DEAD or WENT INSANE from STRESS is remarkable.

Naaah, The Amazing Pussy Wizard NEVER gets things
WRONG because HE RELIES on your own POSTED CASE
HISTORY to dermine the causes of your kat's obsessive
compulsive DIS-EASES.

THAT REINFORCES HIS INSECURITY.

He needs you to PRAISE HIM and TALK ABOUT
his DEAD PAL. The advice you got from the
other poster who's GOT THE SAME PROBLEM
to IGNORE your kat will make his behaviors
CHANGE to other, seemingly non related
anxiety relief mechanisms or TRAINsfer
behaviors.

Of curse not, because you variably reinforce
his INSECURITY by alternately pattin praising
scolding and ignoring him for being AFRAID.

INDEEDY. That's what you LOVE about him.

Because you MISHANDLE him.

Yeah, it's the same as people FEEL.

So you'll IGNORE HIS GRIEVING like your "SUCCESSFUL"
friend in this thread does for his OCD kat and he'll
SELF MUTILATE like your other DEAD KAT:

Subject: Kitty Prozac

Hi Alison - Thanks for all that valuable info!  I'm
not absolutely sure she does not have what you describe,
however, he did a whole blood panel on her and said
everything came out clear.  He's a really good vet,
but I'll bring this up next week when I take her
(Emma) in for her bath.

When this whole thing started at the end of March,
she was sneezing and scratching constantly.  In the
last month she's only scratched -- no sneezing.

Plus, when I got married and moved into my husband's house,
she didn't like it.  The other cat adjusted in about 3 days
unbelievably. Emma did not like the change and it took about
4-5 months before she sort of started acting normally.  It's
been about 16 months now and she's better but she's definitely
still not like she was at my house.

I think she's really sensitive and this scratching is
something she's doing out of emotional distress.

THanks again for the info.

1. Laura M   Jul 19 2004, 8:32 pm

From: ldbkatwo...@aol.com (Laura M)
Date: 19 Jul 2004 17:32:36 -0700
Subject: Kitty Prozac

My vet just prescribed prozac (or something like it)
for my kitty.  My kitty is scratching herself bald.

It started, I believe, with allergies this season in
March and the vet gave her a cortizone injection at
that time.  Every 3-4 weeks she'd need another injection
to control her scratching herself silly.

I thought it was over until yesterday when I noticed
bald spots on top of her head, and a huge one on her
neck.

The vet suggested this prozac to hopefully help her get
over this obsessive compulsive disorder of scratching.
I've changed her food in the last three months, brush
her, and give her vitamins that have primrose oil.

Has anyone heard of prozac for kitties???

Laura M.

Tnx to everyone who prayed for my kitty.  Turns out
she has IBD.  And a raging case of it.  They took a
biopsy of the intestine and liver.

The vet is consulting a specialist for drugs
considering she wasn't responding to the predisone.

Can you tell me what palliative care is??

10. LauraM   Jun 22, 1:40 pm
From: "LauraM" <ldbkatwo...@aol.com>
Date: 22 Jun 2005 10:40:26 -0700

Subject: Re: Kitty Surgery

I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either.

I'm sitting here crying my eyes out.  The vet called this
morning after his consultation with the oncologist regarding
medical treatment.

Evidentally the biopsy showed so many things wrong.

They did a biopsy of multiple organs.   I can't go into
it all right now because I'm upset but she had lymphoma
too.  I loved her so much.  The vet and I did all we could.

She used to have this stuffed raccoon she carried around
the house (I posted awhile ago about how cute it was) and
now my other cat is licking it.

He knows she's gone.  And she's not
coming home.  Oh god, I'm so upset.

  8. Laura M   Mar 29, 11:05 am

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav
From: "Laura M" <ldbkatwo...@aol.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2005 07:05:01 -0800
Subject: Re: Crying Cat

I shouldn't be laughing here, but what the heck.
Your story is cute even though you need some sleep.
What we don't do for our furry loved ones!

 20. Laura M   Feb 3, 12:03 pm

Newsgroups: ba.broadcast
From: "Laura M" <ldbkatwo...@aol.com>
Date: 3 Feb 2005 08:03:48 -0800
Subject: Re: Secret Dog System Working/Pet Data

Okay, okay.  I got it.  I must be getting old.
I remember wondering why my parents didn't get
things I found funny.  It happens people.

We all turn into our parents.  YIKES!

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Yikes?